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PREFACE. vii On Suddhi or purification there are three works: Suddhi-candrika (301), by Kalidasa, which has a commentary by Dhananjaya, noticed under No. 302, and another by Dasacayana Vajapeyi (303). All the authors are Udiya Brahmanas. On Sraddha there are three works: namely, (1) Sraddha-dipa (306), by Divyasimha Mahapatra of the Vatsagottra; (2) Sodasi (313), a short work giving directions for offering funeral cakes to one's ancestors with their dependents, on the sides of both his father and his mother; (3) Sodasi partikarika (314) is a longer work connected with the above. Anusthana-paddhati (12) is a work on the daily duties in the fourth stage of a Brahmin's life. It is attributed to Trotakacarya or Hastamalaka, a pupil of Sankaracarya. In the prose Col. it is attributed to Trotakacarya. But the verse following says that the karikas are by Hastamalaka. Either the two authors must be the same or the present work should be Karikas on the Paddhati and not the Paddhati itself. There are three works on the worship of images of different deities. (1) Ganesacara-candrika (73) by Damodara, the disciple of Sarvesvara. It is an important work and perhaps the only one on the Smrti of Ganapatas or the worshippers of Ganesa. (2) Durgotsava-candrika (121) by Ramacandra Gajapati, a king of Udisya, who follows Isana-samhita, Kalikapurana, Rudrayamala, and Sammohanatantra in giving directions for the worship of Durga in autumn. (3) Dolatattvamrta (128), by Krsnanatha Nyayapancanana, gives the text on which the Dolayatra or the swinging ceremony of Krsna is based. Ahnika-candrodaya (38), by Visnu Sarma, the son of Yajnatattvadiksita, treats of the daily duties according to the Madhyandina Sakha of the white Yajurveda. Samkranticandrika (316), by Rajakrsna, treats of the religious ceremonies to be performed on the Samkranti day, that is, on the day the sun passes from one sign of the Zodiac to another.